[rixrex]

I agree that when it comes to all the nice features that a videophile wants, Sony will typically have them. That's the good side of their technocratic corporate ideation. I have also found that Pioneer and Mitsubishi will have them as well, yet might be a bit pricier or tough to locate at a good discount place. Though I have seen Mitsubishi pushing some TV ads recently.

My preference for Pioneer has come from two reasons, the products have proven to be top quality and extremely reliable, and their big US support facility is only 50 miles from me, though I have had to call them rarely.

Interestingly, in regards to the 1080p24 24fps deal, there was a film transfer process that did a similar thing where there was a 5 blade shutter on the projector that allowed it put out 120 frames per second and could be used for transfer to video, but it took about twice the light source that 3:2 pulldown systems used, so it wasn't used much.

A 120 frame refresh rate will eliminate 3:2 pulldown by presenting 5 sequential frames that are the same before flipping to the next frame. The effect in the eye thanks to persisitence of vision is very smooth continuous motion. It's most useful an very large screen sets, in films with wide motion across the screen. I have seen this to be visually less than significant in sets under 50".